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Steve Hagberg · 10-31-2009, 09:53 AM

EVAN; Your comments on effect of altitude on a supercharged engines performance are correct, except that you forgot to mention the offsetting effect that helps to keep these cars faster at tracks such as Las Vegas. Since a blower takes HP to compress the ambient air, less dense air will lower the blower output pressure, but will also lower the Hp needed to compress it. The power needed to run a blower is significant, so the 'gain' from reduction in load is also significant.
Steve

10-31-2009, 09:53 AM	#1
Steve Hagberg Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 38 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How about those ford cj's at vegas EVAN; Your comments on effect of altitude on a supercharged engines performance are correct, except that you forgot to mention the offsetting effect that helps to keep these cars faster at tracks such as Las Vegas. Since a blower takes HP to compress the ambient air, less dense air will lower the blower output pressure, but will also lower the Hp needed to compress it. The power needed to run a blower is significant, so the 'gain' from reduction in load is also significant. Steve Last edited by Steve Hagberg; 10-31-2009 at 10:11 AM. Reason: spelling